The Wacky Warning Label Contest
For eight years, the
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (M-LAW) has hosted a Whacky Warning Label contest to find the most obviously unnecessary warning label on an American-made product.
Here is this years winner:
Radio Hall of Fame personality, Dick Purtan, holds a toilet brush which warns: “Do not use for personal hygiene.” The brush was selected by listeners of Purtan’s morning show on Oldies 104.3 WOMC in Detroit as the winner of M-LAW’s Eighth Annual Wacky Warning Label Contest.
Past winners this year include:
* A label on a baby stroller warns: “Remove child before folding
* A brass fishing lure with a three-pronged hook on the end warns: “Harmful if swallowed
* A household iron warns users: “Never iron clothes while they are being worn”
* A label on a hair dryer reads, “Never use hair dryer while sleeping”
* A warning on an electric drill made for carpenters cautions: “This product not intended for use as a dental drill.”
* The label on a bottle of drain cleaner warns: “If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product.”
* A smoke detector warns: “Do not use the Silence Feature in emergency situations. It will not extinguish a fire.”
Sheesh!
Posted by DaveH at January 7, 2005 10:22 AM